Dripsey Castle Bridge is situated north-west of
Dripsey village and derives its name from nearby
Dripsey Castle.
Depicted on both the 1841 and 1901 surveyed OS maps, it spans a section of the Delehinagh River. The bridge is located at the meeting point of
Carrignamuck and Meeshal
townlands
A townland (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Middle Ages, medieval Gael ...
,
and lies within the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of Magourney and Catholic
parish
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of
Aghabullogue
Aghabullogue or Aghabulloge () is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. It lies around west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee.
The parish of Aghabullogue include ...
.
In the Ordnance Survey name book of , it is referred to as a small stone bridge, one-eight of a mile to the south-west of Hayfield House. The
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a triple-arch humpback road bridge built . It has rubble stone walls, concrete capping to the parapet, arches with dressed stone
voussoirs, and v-shaped
cutwaters on its east and west elevations.
See also
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Carrignamuck Tower House
*
Colthurst's Bridge
References
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External links
1841 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)1901 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)acrheritage.info
Bridges in County Cork
Dripsey